and that to target even americans overseas. killing americans even if they are suspected of being leaders of al-qaeda or associated terror group. former u.s. attorney general alberto gonzalez, a counselor and belmont university, joining me now. hello. >> good afternoon. >> alisyn: before i get to your impression of the drone program, and i do want to hear those, can you take us back to the years 2005, 2007 when you're attorney general in the white house, and what had a day in your life was like as you were underfire for the anti-terror tactics that the bush administration used? >> well, it's part of the attorney general, part of the job of the attorney general is to take on these difficult tasks and president bush took extraordinary measures to protect america, that we believed were lawful. anytime you're doing something controversial, obviously some people are unhappy about it, part of my job as attorney general was to go up on the hill, to give interviews, to talk to various groups and explain why what we're doing is not only